argali

[ ahr-guh-lee ]

/ ˈɑr gə li /

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noun, plural ar·ga·li.

a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, of Asia, having long, curved horns that typically form an open, outwardly extended spiral: rare or endangered.

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Also argal.

Origin of argali

First recorded in 1770–80; from Mongolian: “female mountain sheep”

Words nearby argali

Arezzo, arf, arfvedsonite, Arg, argal, argali, Argall, argan, Argand burner, Argand diagram, Argand lamp

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How to use argali in a sentence

Argali, r′ga-li, n. the great wild sheep of Siberia and Central Asia.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
But all hearts were gladdened by the welcome sight of some argali, or Siberian sheep, on the slope of a hill.
The International Weekly Miscellany, Vol. 1, No. 7|Various
It has sometimes been said that when the argali leaps from a height it alights on its horns, which break the force of its fall.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood
Siberia has an argali, that appears altogether to differ from the argali of the Himalayas.
Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found|Mayne Reid

It may possibly be the same animal that our zoologists have described by the name of Argali.
An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal|Fancis Buchanan Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for argali

argali

argal

/ (ˈɑːɡəlɪ) /

noun plural -gali or -gals

a wild sheep, Ovis ammon, inhabiting semidesert regions in central Asia: family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla. It is the largest of the sheep, having massive horns in the male, which may almost form a circle

Word Origin for argali

C18: from Mongolian

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